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(No Model.)

W. H. PRICE.

ROAD UART.

Patented Deb. 18, 1888.

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N. PETERS. Phnlc-Ulhagmpher. Washington, D. c.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VIILLIAM H. PRICE, OF HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,790, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed July 10, 1888. Serial No. 279,524. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ILLIAM H. PRICE, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Hollidaysburg, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-Carts; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereoinwhich form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representatioi'i of my invention and is a rear view thereof. Fig. 2 is a section through the lineoccrof Fig. 1.

The invention relates to in'lprovements in road-carts; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention is to provide a road-cart having the springs and seat-connections so hung that the seat will swing easily, and also to provide a seat that is vertically adjustable, so that it may be raised or lowcred, as required.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the axle, and B the thills, secured rigidly thereto by clip-straps a a.

C shows the cross-bar, and Z) shows bracerods having one end bolted to the thills and the opposite ends provided with perforations through which the threaded ends of the clipstraps extend, as shown.

- D is a curved spring directly above the axle, and having the eye 0 at its ends engaging loosely the links E, which engage at their opposite ends with the eyebolts (l, secured to the thills above and in the plane of the axle.

A short spring, F, above and in the plane of the axle, is centrally secured by clips (Z to the spring D, and curves oppositely to said spring D. The ends of the springF are turned upwardly, as at e, and provided with openings through which a bolt passes and engages one of the series of openings through the depending lugs G, which have their rearwardlyturned arms bolted to the bottom of the seat l-I. These lugs extend downward from the front portion of the seat and are in the plane of the axle. By this arrangement of the spring and lugs the seat may be adjusted upwardly or downwardly to suit the convenience of the driver.

I shows downwardly-curved steel side bars bolted at one end to the seat and at the opposite end to the cross-bar C.

K shows the foot-rest hangers secured at one end to the bottom of the seat and standing downwardly therefrom, then forwardly at right angles, then upwardly at an acute angle, and then upwardly to a swinging or eye connection, f, with the cross-bar. The object in so forming the hangers is to provide a level space, as shown at g, for the feet of the driver to rest upon, it being more comfortable than the usual rounded or concave-shaped surface. The slats L, however, should be continued up the angles, as shown, and the acute-angled portion will serve as a brace for the feet, when desired.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

In a road-cart, the combination, with the bent thills and axle, of the transverse spring above and in the plane of the axle, the hangerlinks in the same plane above the axle, connecting the spring to the thills, as shown, the seat having perforated lugs extending down in the plane of the axle, and the short spring in said plane carried by the transverse spring and having turned-up ends connected to said lugs, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WV. H. PRICE.

Witnesses:

WM. R. BABCOOK, F. H. GOODFELLOW. 

